A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . High and Graded School Building, Barton, County 186 History of Vermont. Newport Academy and Graded School County 1 i M 4 J^ ^^ ihi^.1 % ! J „,: •^J^ .1: .^ ^, M Mr ^s= ^ i ? Rutland High School BuildingRutland County The Building of the State 187 CHAPTER IV The Building of the State TOWN GOVERNMENTS.—Union.—The earlysettlements in Vermont were mostly on la
A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . High and Graded School Building, Barton, County 186 History of Vermont. Newport Academy and Graded School County 1 i M 4 J^ ^^ ihi^.1 % ! J „,: •^J^ .1: .^ ^, M Mr ^s= ^ i ? Rutland High School BuildingRutland County The Building of the State 187 CHAPTER IV The Building of the State TOWN GOVERNMENTS.—Union.—The earlysettlements in Vermont were mostly on lands granted bythe Governor of the province of New Hampshire. Bythese grants the inhabitants of the several townships wereauthorized to organize town governments^ and such govern-ments were organized as soon as the settlers became suffi-ciently numerous. The powers of the town were derivedfrom and regulated by the province. One of the early actsof the town of Bennington was a vote to send a petitionto the General Court of New Hampshire to raise a tax on allthe lands in Bennington, resident and non-resident, to builda meetinghouse and schoolhouse and mills, and for high-ways and bridges. July 20, 1764, the west bank of theConnecticut River was declared by the King to be thebounda
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